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Can some one tell me how many litres and gallons are in the following tanks?
2ft
3ft
4ft
6ft
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regards Dan all confused!

The gallonage will differ depending on height and width of said tanks...

There really is no "standard" when talking about a 2 or 4 foot tank, as the width and height are never the same. [link=All Glass]http://www.all-glass.com/products/aquariums/standard.shtml" style="COLOR: #FFFF00[/link] can give you a general overview of "standard" tank sizes, and you can also use the [link=Site Calculator]http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/convert.asp" style="COLOR: #FFFF00[/link] to find the volume of other tanks

HTH,
Tim

[link=Here]http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/aquarium_sizes.php" style="COLOR: #993333[/link] is a link to a chart with aquarium dimensions on tanks from 2.5g up to 300g.

Hope that helps

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Youll need to know height width and depth before doing calculations, although most standard tanks are 18inches high by 1 foot deep it varies hugely these days. You can get "tall" aquaria and long aquaria too, not to mention hexagons, bow fronts , tubes ovals, cubic etc.In the old days 2 used to be approx 20 gallon -ish , 3's 30 gallon- ish and 4's were 40 gallon -ish but now they generally increase the height even more on even standard tanks so obviously the volume increases.Even common manufacturers like tetra are doing odd non-standard sizes now.

Dont forget there is a significant difference between us and uk gallons too.

Dan one thing to remember that will be an empty tank. Once all the substrate, aquscape and any extras go in it can be greatly reduced.

My 46Lt came down to 31Lt When I added the water one Lt at a time to get it accuratly but with a big tank use a bucket be sure to measure the bucket first.

All this takes time but it is the only safe way to know exactly how much water is in your tank.

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Keith

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thanks guys

Keith’s entry about net volume made me think of why this information is actually important. Naturally, dosing of plant fertilizers and medications came to mind.

But then again, I was wondering if instructions for dosing are requiring the tank owner to know the net volume of a tank (which I believe is rare other than estimated). I would assume that the dosage is concerning the gross volume, means a 29G has 29 Gallons.

Then I thought about another reason why net volume is important – stocking. And I think this one is the most important of them all.

Just my thoughts on the gross vs. net volume of tanks.

Ingo

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here, keep this site here, lists all sizes and gallons. find it highly usefull

http://www.kernsanalysis.com/TankSize.html

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